Niihau is the smallest inhabited island with about 250 residents and the
northernmost. The island is owned by the Robinson family, who pledged,
that Hawaiians, who wished to live the traditional Hawaiian life, 
would always find refuge here. There's no electricity, no roads, 
no automobiles, no TV, no telephone, no visitors. 
YOU'RE NOT INVITED!!! Me neither :-).  
 
The only uninvited guest on Niihau in recent history was a Japanese pilot, 
who ditched his plane on the island, after the attack on Pearl Harbor. 
He terrorized the island for about a week with machine guns from his 
downed Zero, until a Hawaiian named Benehakaka Kanahele subdued 
him, despite being shot several times with a concealed revolver. 
This gave rise to the saying: "Never shoot a Hawaiian more than three 
times or it will make him mad." Kanahele won a Congressional Medal of 
Honor and lived to a ripe old age. The pilot committed harakiri.

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